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"spam like = blocked" if you spam like me i am going to cast 1000 protection spells on you so nothing bad happens to you ever

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They re so iconic🙄

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"brittle" struck me as a very odd word to describe Ronan here. But then I realised - this is Adam's chapter. And the first time we see Ronan not as horrible but as vulnerable. We learn here that he was the one who found their father dead, and Adam questions if he was different before. Brittle like something snapped, sharp edges created/exposed. Brittle not like weakness, but broken, dangerous, and to be protected.

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googledocs you are getting awfully uppity for something that can’t differentiate between “its” and “it’s” correctly

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Adam, mid existential crisis: what if we are all god

Gansey: so, now's not a good time?

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happy children’s day 🌻

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of course ronan lynch is in my dream blunt rotation, who do you think is providing the dream blunts

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i finished my reread of the raven cycle and amidst all the big feelings, one thing i can't seem to get out of my head is the relationship between adam and opal.

ronan loves opal since she's a part of him, he created her, he will give his life for her, like he will for matthew or chainsaw.

but adam's love for opal? comes from love itself. he saves her life and ronan's. he sees himself in her when she tries to not draw any attention to herself in an anxious situation, gets on her eye level and gives her his watch, albeit needing it. goes back into cabeswater amidst it's horrors to get her back, at the end of that chapter, he still reminds ronan that they need to take opal with them. she sits by him as he does scrying. she kisses his arm when his hands are possessed and puts the watch back on him, to remind him of who he is. he sits blue between himself and opal so he doesn't attack opal. when he unbinds himself from the ribbons, he pats her head first. compares ronan to opal and we know he thinks very highly of ronan.

even after all the harshness of the world and life that adam has had to deal with, his softness towards opal shows how utterly beautiful he is as a person. i love him so much.

in 'opal' their relationship grows even more, but even in the raven cycle you can see the deep love they share for each other. i can understand why in 'opal' she is so distressed by adam going away for college, because adam and ronan would have spent those months between november and post-summer the next year with her, and she loves them both equally. god, adam and opal's love for each other is everything to me.

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People on tiktok mischaracterised Cardan as a soft/submissive character, and now people are replying to that by pushing the opposite way and saying he's a total scary terrifying badass. While this is true, I think the reason Cardan is such a loved character is because he isn't on either end of this spectrum. He isn't a completely helpless, submissive, useless character that relies on others, but he also doesn't conform to the classic fantasy boy macho, 1000+ years old, stoic, would kill for her, covered in blood stereotype. He is extremely intelligent (smartest in the series imo) and resourceful, tactful, and once he gains control over his power, dangerous. But some of his main character points are also his aversion to real violence and cruelty (as opposed to childish bullying), disinterest in ruling/politics, addiction, and emotional immaturity and vulnerability. He is abused and neglected and taken advantage in for a lot of his life and it does have an impact on him, especially earlier in the series. People also use the argument that he used to terrorise the court to support the idea that he's scary. What I think is important to realise here is that nobody was afraid of Cardan himself, but his station. He lived with Balekin, and once Balekin had taken Cardan under his wing, he would consider disrespect towards Cardan as disrespect towards him. People were afraid to stand up to Cardan because Balekin and Dain had a huge amount of influence over the court and the king, not because they genuinely thought he was scary on his own. And also I think the majority of his victims were schoolmates or lower class, not lords or ladies or anyone with any kind of importance.

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PYNCH

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Sex ed should start in kindergarten. Young children need to know the correct terms for body parts, and be comfortable talking about them, for their safety. Children should also learn about consent, especially with regards to touching, as early as possible. Children should know that it is not ok for other people to touch them, or for them to touch others, if they don't want it. Children should know how to ask for help if someone does touch them inappropriately or if they have some kind of health issue regarding their genitals. Knowing about your own body and how it works is a fundamental right.

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Sigh, I love Hennessy and Ronan :(